Year: 2018
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Apr- 2018 -19 AprilCommunity
Weymouth Crematorium begins £50,000 refurbishment
Weymouth Crematorium’s £50,000 refurbishment has begun today, with work scheduled to take place this year and next. Improvements at the…
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19 AprilCommunity
Stone Funeralcare launches ‘Holding Dear’ support group
Staffordshire-based funeral directors, Stone Funeralcare, has announced that it has launched a support group to help deal with bereavement in…
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18 AprilBusiness
Dignity sees shares soar as death numbers increase in first quarter
Shares in funeral provider Dignity rose on Wednesday after the company previously warned that trading for the year would be…
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13 AprilBusiness
Low-skilled jobs rebadged as apprenticeships by firms, says report
Employers are relabelling low-quality, low skilled and and often low-wage roles as ‘apprenticeships’, according to a new report. As part…
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12 AprilCurrent Affairs
New regulations introduced for babies ashes
Changes have been made to the treatment of babies ashes following a BBC investigation which found that 60 families did…
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11 AprilBusiness
Funeral directors defy high street ‘apocalypse’
The funeral sector has continued to grow, despite research showing that the high street has experienced its lowest level of…
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9 AprilFeatures
Space Burials – Ascension Flights
Burial methods have become more diverse over time, allowing those who have passed to leave this world in increasingly eccentric…
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9 AprilFeatures
The face of the ‘Cheddar Man’
A Channel 4 documentary, First Brit: Secrets of the 10,000 Year Old Man, has followed pioneering research carried out by…
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9 AprilFeatures
Cramped underground: the alternatives to bury our dead
Space has been a problem in UK cemeteries for many years now, with some areas in big cities and small…
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9 AprilBusiness
Small firms hit by pension auto-enrolment scheme, claims FSB
Small firms and startups will be “hit the very hardest” by the doubling of auto-enrolment employer pension contributions, according to…
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